Desk-basket paper holder and clip



J. C. SOEMER.

DESK BASKET PAPER HOLDER AND CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-16,1918.

1 328, 97 1 Patented J an. 27, 1920.

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Moe/#01 Jse hOSoemer- JOSEPH C. SOEMER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

DESK-BASKET PAPER HOLDER AND CLIP.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

Application filed November 16, 1918, Serial No. 262,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr C. SonMnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk-Basket Paper Holders and Clips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to desk basket paper holders and clips and belongs directly with that class or type of deskfbaskets that are provided with means for .removably holding the sheets of paper in the basket against accidental displacement when the basket is quickly moved, or inadvertently overturned, or situated in the path of the air stream from an electric fan or open window. This invention is believed to be an improvement upon the desk basket invented by me and set forth in my application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed October 7, 1918, Serial No. 257,221.

The object of this invention is the production of a desk basket having a paper holder frame pivoted to the basket frame by which sheets of paper may be held in the basket, the free end of the paper holder frame bearing a paper clip, which is intended to additionally secure the heets of paper in the basket, or to hold a part of the number of sheets clamped against the holder frame and thereby kept separated from the other sheets in the basket when such se aration is desired. It is also an object 0 this invention to produce a desk basket having a pivoted paper holder frame that may be brought to rest in a raised position, into which it may be upwardly turned and wherein it is movably maintained usually by the force of a light spring. In its raised position the paper holder frame cooperating with the paper clip devices borne by the free end of the frame, constitute a very con venient copyholder for the use of typists or other copyists.

Another object of this invention is the production of a desk basket of the nature set forth whereof the parts have special construction and particular arrangement one with regard to another. The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred formation and disposition of the parts of this invention, and Figure 1 represents a top plan view of all the parts assembled. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the basket upon the broken line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the paper holder frame in its raised position. Fig. 3 is a side view, full size, of the paper clip members in section upon the broken line 33 of Fig. 1. 7

Throughout thedescription and drawin s, the same letter is employed to refer to t e same part.

Considering he drawings, the basket comprises the frame A and the longitudinal wires B and cross wires b. One end of the basket frame Alias a drop or downwardlyextended portioifi C, which will be again mentioned.

The part termed for the purposes of this description the paper holder frame, com prises the longitudinal leg D having the pivotal connection d; with the end of the basket frame. The holder frame is usually made in practice of a single piece of formed wire, and at the free'end of the holder frame the wire is bent from the leg D into the transverse portion E, and then into an outward extension 6, which forms one finger piece of the paper clip on the free end of the holder frame, and will be further mentioned. From the extension 6 the wire extends toward the drop C in the frame A, and before reaching the drop the wire is transversely and diagonally extended in the part marked f, and thence in a straight portion G parallel with the part F. The wire is then turned about the basket frame on one side of the drop C, making the pivotal joint 9, and extends thence transversely in a bridge piece or stop H. The-wire is then again bent and turned about the basket frame A on the other side of the drop C, forming the pivotal joint h on the remaining slde of the drop as illustrated. Thus, the wire of the middle portion of the holder frame is pivotally attached to the basket frame on both sides of the drop or downward extension 0. From the connection h the wire continues in a short, straight portion j parallel with the like portion G, and then dlagonally across in the part marked 7'. The two diagonal parts 7 and j cross each other as shown, and their junction is in practice usually soldered. From the diagonal part j, the wire is continued in the straight portion K, parallel with and of like structure to the part F, and projects in a second extension A: that is a duplicate of the extension 6, against which it is arranged, as best set out in Fig. 3, and to which it is usually soldered in practice. These two extensions c and is form one finger piece, the relatively stationary piece of the paper clip. From the extension L the wire extends in a transverse portion L, and turns into a second leg at the side, the side being marked M and having a pivotal joint at the end referred to by the letter on. The portions of wire just described complete the paper holder frame, and, it may be here stated that the parts F, K, and others extending lengthwise of the middle of the holder frame add stiffness thereto. a

To the free end of the paper holder frame a wire paper clip member comprising the clamping or jaw portion N, which, cooperating with the middle or stiffening portion described acts to clamp sheets .of paper against the paper holding. frame. The .elip member has pivotal joints n and' 0 located at the sides of the extension of the paper holder frame formed by the portions designated by the letters a and 7a.. As best set out in Fig. 3, the wire of the clip met-:1v

her is formed into a yoke or extension P similar to the extensions 0 and 7c. Theyoke I? connects the two pivotal joints or bearings 72 and O of the clip member with the free end of the holder frame. The yoke P is the movable'fin'ger piece of the paper clip devices, and a c011 spring Q has the part B attached to the'composite extension 6, is, and

the twobends S, 8 attached to the yokeP as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the operation of this invention, the free end of the paper holder frame, which is constructed to enter the basket, serves to hold any sheets of paper placed therein.

= From its position within the basket the free end of the holder frame may be swung upwardly into the raised position set out in Fig. 2, and inthis position a sheet of paper may be held in the position indicated by the broken line rectangle in Fig. 2, thus serving as a copyholder for a typist. The operation of the paper clip devices borne by the free end of the paper holder frame is thought to be apparent from the drawings and the foregoing explanation.

Having now described this invention and the mode of its operation, what I claim is 1. In a desk basket, the combination with a basket frame, of a paper holder frame pivotally attached to the basket frame and having a free end constructed to enter the basket, and a paper clip member pivotally secured to the said free end of the-paper holder, the said paper holder having a portion constructed to form the complementary member of the paper clip.

2. In a desk basket, the combination With a basket frame, of a paper holder frame pivotally attached to the basket frame and having a free end constructed to enter the basket, means for removably sustaining the said holder in a raised position, and a paper clip member pivotally secured to the said free end of the paper holder, the said paper holder having a portion constructed to form tire complementary member of the paper 0 1p.

3. In a desk basket, the combinationwith a'basket frame, of a paper holder frame pivotally attached. to the basket frame and having a free end constructedto enter the basket, and a paper clip borne by.- the said freeend of the paper holder frame.

'45. :In a desk basket, the combination with a basket frame, of a. paper iholder frame pit" otally secured to the said basket; frame and having one free end constructedto enter the basket, the said paper holder frame" having a middle stiffening portion extending lengthwise of the said paper holder frame, and a paper clip member pivotally attached to the said free end of the holder frame and arranged to act against the said stiffening portion of the'holder. frame to clamp sheets of paper against the said holder frame.

5. In a desk basket, the combination with a basket frame,.of a. paper holder frame pivotally secured to the said basket frame and having one end free and constructed to enter the basket, the said free end of the holder frame having an outward extension, a paper clip member pivotally secured to the said free end of the holder frame on both sides of the said extension, the said holder frame extension forming one of the finger pieces of a paper clip, and the said holder frame havmg a portion constructed and arranged to cooperate with the said clip member to clamp sheets of paper against the said holder frame. v

6. In a desk basket, the combination with a basket frame, of a paper holder frame comprising side legs and a middle stiffening portion pivotally attached to the said basket frame, the said holder frame having a free end constructed to enter the basket and provided with an outward extension forming one of the finger pieces of the paper clip, a paper clip member pivotally secured tothe said free end of the holder frame on both sides of the said extension, and the said clip member and said middle stiffening por tion of the holder frame beingarranged to cooperate to form a paper clip for clamping sheets of paper against the said holder frame.

In testimony whereof I 'afiix my signature.

JOSEPH C. SOEMER. 

